1256                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      CH. 623

sources," subtitle "Oysters and Clams," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and that new Section
711 (d) be and it is hereby added to said Article, title and subtitle of
the Code, to follow immediately after Section 711(c) thereof, and all
to read as follows:

707.

(g) The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs or its successors
shall expend for the planting of oyster shells, other cultch or seed
oysters on the natural oyster bars or seed areas or for the purchase
of necessary equipment to plant said materials and for no other
purpose [(1)] all funds appropriated in the budget for oyster
propagation [, and (2) all monies required by Section 716 of this
subtitle to be credited by the Comptroller to the Oyster Fund. Any
unexpended balance in the Oyster Fund at the end of any fiscal
year shall remain in the fund and be spent for the planting of shells
or seed oysters during subsequent years and shall not be spent for
any other purpose nor shall such moneys revert to general funds].
In order to assist it in the planting of shells and seed oysters, the
Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs or its successors shall have
the licensed oystermen select a committee for each tidewater county
of this State of five representative licensed oystermen, who earn their
livelihood by catching oysters. In the planting of shells or seed
oysters in any area, or in the closing or reservation of any area
under the provisions of this section, the Department of Chesapeake
Bay Affairs or its successors shall confer with and procure the
advice of the committee of oystermen for the county adjacent or
nearest to the tonging area to be planted, closed or reserved. A
similar advisory committee of five licensed dredgers shall be selected
to confer and advise in the propagation of oysters in the dredging
areas. In the event that the licensed oystermen of any county have
not, within thirty (30) days after December 1, 1961, filled the initial
appointments to the advisory committees provided for hereunder,
such initial appointments shall be made by the Department. Where
an initial appointment has been made, but a vacancy has occurred
because of the member's inability or unwillingness to serve, and such
vacancy is not filled by the licensed oystermen of the particular county
within thirty (30) days after the vacancy has occurred, the Depart-
ment shall make the necessary appointments to fill each vacancy.
Upon the selection of the members of the committees of tongers and
dredgers provided for herein and upon the filling of any vacancy
in any of the committees, the Department shall promptly notify the
members of the General Assembly from the county of the names of
the committee members selected or appointed to fill a vacancy in said
county.

711.

(A) AN INSPECTION TAX OF FIVE CENTS (5¢) PER
BUSHEL IS HEREBY LEVIED UPON ALL OYSTERS CAUGHT
WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND UN-
LOADED FROM VESSELS AT THE PLACE IN MARYLAND
WHERE SAID OYSTERS ARE TO BE NO FURTHER SHIPPED
IN BULK IN VESSEL, AND SAID TAX SHALL BE PAID
WEEKLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
AFFAIRS BY THE BUYER.